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he longs to be cow-puncher; he buys a saddle; puts on a scornful air; fiirts the plates about and calls chuck defantly. He has now de- veloped into the aspiring cook" :" If about this time the foreman dis covers pair of leggins secreted in the wagon, he had better part with lis cook. Many good cow-punch- CTS started in as cooks, but there are many who would have done we'll to remember that a good cook is better than poor puncher.
 Probably the best cooks are old men, who are past the pride of life 1; they are often cranky and have to be handled carefully. Some are apt to get under 'the influence" The feelings of a foreman are some times rudely shocked on following his wagon out of town on striking a trail of cooking utensils, slickers, etc., in the road. He probably finds the lid of the mcss-box down, four or five turns of the wagon sheet round the axle, and the cook peace fully sleeping with his feet on the seat and his head in a nose bag.
 There is class of men who take to cooking as a last resort. They generally ask for a job of this kind, because they imagine they can cover up their native idleness longer at this than any other work. They start in with a rush, but soon fade away; while the fading process is going on they cause great grief to the boss by getting lost, forgetting to fill the keg, etc. The quality of the chuck about this time also be- gins to fade, burnt coffee and un- derdone bread is the rule.
 A good round up," or trail cook is great acquisition to an outfit. Their work is hard and their tenn pers are tried beyond the lot of or dinary mortals. It takes a good man to fill the position satisfactor- fly. When he does this he is sure of steady work.
 Talking of cooks reminds us of mess wagons. How some of the earlier trail-drivers would open their eyes at the change. They prob ably drove up the trail with the bed of a wagon, and an iron spoon and cup to the man, Now we have a three story Queen Anne mess-boX-bed- ding piled to the bows, and all sorts of luxuries.
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Depression of Price Of Cattle.

A correspondent writing to the St. James Gazette, London, has the following to say in regard to the low prices now ruling in the cattle business Many causes are as signed for the depression which overhangs the cattle interest at present: but, without going deeply into the subject, one may safely look upon the imitation of four or five years ago as largely responsible for the reaction. At time when numbers of new companies were being formed, apart from thousands of private ventures, there arose an unprecedented demand for stock cattle"-every old cow from the Rio Grande to the Missouri found a ready sale at d price hitherto un- dreamed of in the philosophy of the western ranchman. There was a craze to own cattle; people who had seldom even seen COW were ready and eager to buy a ranch, for there was an almost universal be- lief that the price of cattle would continue to rise steadily. A change has come over the spirit of their dream. The current for the past eighteen months or more has been running in the opposite direction. Those anxious to sell, almost at any price, greatly exceed the numbers of those disposed to buy. Chicago is now receiving something like 230,000 head of cattle a month, and all the other markets are kept fully supplied. The suicidal policy of selling when prices are at the lowest ebb does not seem, so far, to have presented itself to the ranchman's mind in its true light and yet some of the Western papers are already anticipating a ''beef famine" as a natural consequence of the reckless way in which immature stock, in cluding COWS, are being hurried to market. Although a "beef famine" in the strict sense of the term need not be feared, any more than a new invasion of Britain by a Spanish Armada, there is every reason to believe that better times are in store for the cattle interest. It has been estimated that settlers are encroach- ing on the range area of the North
 Western States at the rate of a million acres per annum. The same may be said of Texas, though on a smaller scale. This will drive many of the smaller owners out of the business and clear the path for those who have had the pluck and the capital necessary to help them to weather the storm"
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THAT portion of Texas in the vi- cinity of Roma and Rio Grande City, is being laid under tribute by n band of Mexican bandits under the leadership of Antonio Guar rante. He is said to be young, handsome, educated and most daring and interruptions scoundrel "a native of that section and thor oughly acquainted with every trail and path. He has leaned to meth ods of Italian brigandS, and fellows them to the letter. The system in cludes capture, violent mistreat- ment and heavy ransom or death.
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THE Atlantic and Pacific Rail road Company is keeping up it's reputation for not meeting its ob- legations. The above named Com pany subscribed $175,000 toward building the Mineral Belt Railroad, and work has been stopped on ac- count of its nonpayment. Had the stockholders of that Company known as much about the unwill- ingness of the Atlantic and Pacific people to part with their ducats as do the people of this county, they would not have builded much on their promise to pay.
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on her within the last two months, and says she was considered all right. Not vestige of it as big as a mans hand was left after the ex- plosion, and the concussion was so great that every car in the train was thrown from the track. Such acci- dents are of the rarest occurrence on railroads, and no-cause can be assigned for this one, attended with such frightful results.
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IT APPEARS that the trouble in Tonto Basin is not at an end. A rumor is in circulation that William Bonner, one of the Graham faction, has been killed by the Tewksburys. Bonner is also said to have been concerned in stage and train rob berries lately.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, is in fcsted by tramps. They have p of them in the county jail. Their board bill will be heavy tax, if they are confined for any length of time, The authorities had better give them one hour in which to leave town.
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A DISPATCH from Chihuahua, Mex ico states that John Dickerson, well known on the Pacific Coast as a capitalist and speculator in various enterprises, had been shot and killed by Mexican bandits.
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equal to any locality so far as the natural increase is concerned-su- perior to any, so far as the mlni- mum of loss goes.
 As explanatory of the accum- mulated debt, above referred to, it should be remembered, that in ad- dition to some early mismanage- ment, that soon after the legislative organization of the county. large sums of money were necessarily expended in laying out public roads, building bridges, the county jail, court house, and such other extra ordinary expenses as need never recur. Being blessed now with a set of county officials whose integ- rity is beyond question, and who are men ot intelligence, and whose direct property interest incline them to an economical administra- tion of affairs, and the public opin- ion of the county being such as will demand that their successors pos sess the same desirable qualities. there can be no chance of misman- agement and extravaganza repeat ing themselves. There is no senti- ment of repudiation amongst us, and the man who would advocate it would be politically covered un- der as deep as are the buried treas ures of Herculaneum. We are forced to the conclusion that $110,- 900 worth of bonds, bearing seven per cent per annum interest, with the faith of the county pledged for their payment, backed by a strong, healthy public opinion, would be as safe and desirable an investment as any eastern capitalist, with mon- ey to lend, could desire or obtain.
 Correspondence, at best, is an un- satisfactory method of completing business negotiations, and situated as We are, it requires more time than-we ought to lose.
 The remedy we suggest for con sideration, is-let the Board of Stu pervisors select some competent, conservative, intelligent man, who is, or can easily be, thoroughly in formed as to the history, present condition and prosperity and re- sources of the county-let him be properly accredited to our Territo- rial officials, and receive from them official statements as to our finan- cial condition and ability to pay, and in addition such letters of com mendation to their eastern friends as will easily gain their ears-let the agent take the bonds to New York, place them in bank, and in less than thirty days, eitherthrough the Western National Bank of New York, recently established, with un- limited capital, for Messrs. Manning and Jordan as president and cash fer respectively, or some eastern bank, the bonds could be soldat par The expense of this method would not be greater than an ordinary brokers commission, and to suc- cessfully dispose of the bonds some expense is absolutely necessary. Bonds once sold, the county is placed upon proper business ba- sis, future work for the county will cost much less, the legitimate income from taxation will more than meet current expenses, ana rapidly increasing population and resources would make their pay ment perfectly easy.
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STAGE CONNECTIONS


 Via Laguna to tht Indian village of Acoma, Is miles.
 Via Wingate to Fort Wingate, miles; Zuni, 45 miles.
 Via Manuelito to Fort Defiance (Navajo Agen- cy) 25 miles; Canon de Chelle, 65 miles; Keams Canon, 90 miles.
 Via Navajo, tri-weekly stages to St. Johns, 54 miles; Springeryille. So miles Via HOlbroOk, tri-weekly Stages to Fort Apache 95 miles; Show Low, 30 miles: Taylor, 35 miles Moqui Indian villages tno regilGr stage) 90 miles, Via WinsloW, to Brigham City and Sunset. Via Ash Fork, daily stages to Prescott and Whipple Barracks, 5I miles; daily stages from Prescott to Phoenix, and tri-weekly stages from Prescott to Fort Verde.
 Via Peach Springs to the Grand Canon of the Colorado, IS miles
 Via Kingman, daily stages to Stockton Hill,4O miles; Mineral Park, l6 miles; Cerbat 14miles. Via Yucca tri-weekly stage to Signal 40 miles. Via The Needles, steamer to Yuma, Colorado river agency Fort Mohave, Mohave City, Hardy vile, Arizona, and Fl Dorado canon, Nevada.
 w. A. RESELL, D. B. ROBINSON, GenI Passenger Agt. Gen1. Manager, kTbuquergue, NM.
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THE anarchists must hang. The Supreme Court of the United States refused to grant the petition of error.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

GOVERNOR ZCLIcK has committed the sentence of Johnson, convicted of the murder of the Clevingers, to imprisonment for life.
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error.

THE people of Fl Paso are so thoroughly inoculated with klepto- mania that they steal each other s backyard gates.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

TnE people of Mexico seem de- termined to re-elect Diaz President. Without ascertaining whether he would accept, they are proceeding to nominate him throughout the
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

PLACER mining southwest of No gales about eight leagues continues to draw large numbers of those in search of the precious metals.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

AN eastern exchange says every reader of newspaper is often con- scious that he knows much better how to run a paper. so as to give
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

GROUND was broken for the Ter ritorial University, at Tucson, on the 27th ut.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-11-10

A CHURCH in Toluca has been robbed of jewels from the image of the Virgin, and other articles of value to the amount of $40,000.
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The richest silver mine Tn the world is the Potosi, of Mexico.
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THE base ball mania has struck New Mexico.
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St. Johne, Thuraday, Nov. 10.
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Decisions in Law.
Ellsworth. Fch. u. l.-7.

Hancock case. State OF Maine -. City q
Ellsworth.
Rescript- TIL, report in this ca-c. mall
up, is too meager in statement Of fact. or adj
missions. for the court TO render any decisions
upon the merits. and consequently it i the de-
cision OF the court that. for that reason, the
report must be discharged. Neither the facts
agreed, nor the record referred 10 >uiii-
ciently full to show any street legally estab
lished' (R. :. {. Is sec. 52) whatever the facts
might show il full copy Of the records were
in the case. A legal location. the case j.
made up j. not shown. or admitted. II may
be that there WAS such street legally located,
but no records are before u showing the fact.
Although it appears by the records that there
was II vote 10 eNpend money upon the street.
1t nowhere appears nor i II admitted that
any money or repairs were expended upon il,
or that il was ever opened. Nor does it appear
from the case that the railroad company has
occupied the street. or in what man
ner.
The court in the absence of facts j. not auth
orized to assume them existing. II may be
that when the case i properly made
up the court will be enabled To pas
upon the merits. 1t i impossible 10 do
so a the case now stands. Report Dis
charged.
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To the Mayor and Aldermen.

The library trustees respectfully submit their
rary.
We regret TO say that it, usetune-. has been
much impaired by its unfortunate location up two
long flights of stairs. The subscribers and read.
ers fell OF largely. BY the wise action Of your
honorable board. the library has accessible,
convenicn; and commodous quarters, and We an
tcIpate a large Increase in lis use.
There have been but eighty six volumes added
during the year making the Library now contain
total of ac45 volumes. In purchasing new book
the trustees have Kept steadily in view the sound
doctrine, that public library supported by puhuc
money, should not he a mere circulating lihrarl
Of popular fiction, bu, should be depository ~
good books in all departments Of learning Tho
books, Ike the old. largely books Of his
tory, science poetry and art, Including book ~
travel, and general literature
The total receipts Of the library have been
sss.95. Expenses allowed t. the librarian si7-}7,
leaving balance for the year In the hands Of the
librarian OF sl.5S. Thi- added 10 the surplus Of
last wear e. 3, makes balance Of :3o.3l in THE
hands OF the librarian. available for incidcntal-.
une xpendcd will cover all hill- for furnishing the
library room. and leave the appro-
pr1aton available for books.
We herewith transmit the librarians report.
l.. \. EMERY.
l.. ". HoDGkINS. Library
4. ". KING.
+. +. REpMA>. Trustees.
GEO. +. DtTrD>.
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City and County.
Sunday In the Churches.
UNITARIAN CHURCH.

Text-Math. Z 7.
Human progress is due to mans contin-
ual asking, seeking and knocking at the
doors of nature. Material intellectual,
moral and religious progress is the result
of mans persistent seeking. The words
of Jesus have been proved emphatically
true. Man has not sought and toiled in
vain True progress is advancement in
material wealth, intellectual strength and
In moral and religious living. True pro-
gress is soul growth. As the soul de-
velops humanity rises above the evils and
suffering that beset ii on every side. Mans
surroundings are such as he needs to en-
able him to advance. The earth contains
an abundance of material wealth for his
physical comfort and qualification. There
are ever moving within and over its sur
face those stupendous forces which he
may seize upon and use wherever his own
physical strength fails. There is every
where present the laws of the universe
upon the current of which he NAV be car
ried on to vaster and more powerful life.
Man has but to put his own thought or in
intelligence into these and they become
his powerful agents in advancing his wei
fare in every direction. There are also
the grandeur and beauty of earth and sky
to teach him to put grandeur and beauty
into his own life. These fundamental
facts are not new in the universe They
have co-exi>ted with the earth. Man by
his seeking through the centuries has dis
covered them and somewhat how to use
them. There are. no doubt greater achieve
ments yet 10 be won.
All things necessary for the progress of
humanity are within mans reach. our adj
vancemcnt depends upon ourselves. upon
our individual and collective efforts. Pro-
gress must be won by work, it will not be
achieved by miracle or by any supernatural
transformation. Human nature i divine
and man is fast learning that he is by ma
ture divincly endowed and not naturally
deprayed and living under a curse. He can
stand firmly upon the dignity of his nature
surrounded by the blessings of life and
work successfully towards his noblc>t and
grandest ideals. The law of inheritance i
a power by which he may transmit good or
evil to coming generations, a power by
which he can bless or degrade life. Man
alone has the power to create character
and such a. he creates he must give tn
the world.
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North Ellsworth.

North Ellsworth.
Charles X. Wasgatt and George V. Was
gait, sons of Charles w. Wasgatt, have re-
turned home from Castine, where they
have been attending the Normal School.
They will make their mark in the world.
Mr. Walter S. Norton of Castine, is Wis
itng Charles w. Wasgatt, Esq. He is a
graduate of Castine Normal School
ously sick.
Miss Isadora Austin is visiting friends
in Orland
Francis McGown has cut his foot quite
badly.
Mr.. Frank Austin and sons are hauling
logs and staye wood into Branch Pond for
Mason & CO.
Feb. -.
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North Hancock.
Mr.. Charles F.. Mcfarland. who has
been from home for some years, is making
a visit to his brother, J. II. Mcfarland.
Miss Amelia ID. Bush has been. for some
days, visiting friends in your city.
Master Fred Millikcn i attending high
school at Hancock.
Howard Lmscott is quite i'll, also Fred
Linscott has an attack Of the mumps.
Mr. Melvin Mlliken and Mis-, Minnie
Lewis were lately married at the brides
home in Springfield. Me. They have the
hearty congratulations and kind wishes of
all.
Miss Mabel Bridges is attending school
i'll your city.
Mis-, Minnie Millikcn is visiting relatives
in Surry.
Mrs Mary Durgan of Sherman, Me-,
lately made flying visit to her mother,
Mrs Curtis.
Feb. -. SI-MAC.
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Trenton.
SINI,t'.


George 2. Marshal is making prepara-
tions toviSit Montesano, Washington Ter.
His many friends and relatives wish him a
pleasant journey. and a successful career
among the ''wilds of the far west"
W. d. Leland lost valuable COW last
week, and his brother, 7. l.. Leland Sus-
tains the loss of fine heifer
Capt. Vim. H. Leland who has been de
prived of his health for so many years, re-
ceiyed a shock of paralysis Thursday the
oath inst, and is not expected to live many
days.
Miss Jennie NJ. Gilley, daughter of Eat
on Gilley, aged Is years, died Saturday the
10Th. The services were held at the
church. a large number assembled to
pay honor to the memory of one whom they
all loved and respected.
JUriTER.
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right eye was nearly knocked ont, her face
and head were beaten in terrible manner.
Her hair had been torn out and was hang
ing about her face, and her face and neck
were covered with blood. She accuses
Benz. Richardson, Jr, of coming to her
house, who after few words, Knocked
her down by striking her in the eye, then
jumping on her neck and shoulders, and
then beating her, first with his fist, and
then with club. She thinks that but for
a thick hood she wore on her head she would
have been killed / think | can truly say
that | never before saw person who was
beaten in such shocking manner and
hope Inever shall again.
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